Revamping physics, adding the forest environment (unlike skyrim, you can actually climb trees and gank people from branches), adding weather changes, indoor features, attacks, innovative weapons, a continued but not strung out storyline, and on top of that...
Assassins, by nature, are just badass, sexy *************.

Also, if you like history, fantasy, science fiction, or want to be Desmond Miles, this game probably somewhat fits your interests.

If anything even resembling an Animus comes out I'm gonna go *******, even though my ancestors were probably lazy and didn't do anything.

I love Skyrim. I think it's a good example for comparison because of the "free world experience". They're trying to make AC3 more "free world", hence the comparison to Skyrim. I wasn't trying to say Skyrim is lesser.

My comparison had nothing to do with genre, just the way the world inside the game works. Building blocks more than anything.
Believe me, Skyrim had entertained me for a long time, mostly because I have loved dragons since I was very little. When kids wanted puppies I wanted my very own fire-breathing dragon to be bad ass with.
Anyway, nothing against Skyrim. I play it with my 11 year old cousin. I try to get her into gaming against my aunt's will. :3